NEW AT 6:00, A HOUSTON AREA STUDENT ARRESTED ON CAMPUS AFTER INVESTIGATORS SAY HE BROUGHT A LOADED HANDGUN AND WAS SHOWING IT OFF TO CLASSMATES. PHILLIP MENA IS LIVE IN ALIEF WITH THE STORY. PHILLIP? Reporter: WE ARE STILL NOT SURE WHY THE STUDENT ALLEGEDLY BROUGHT THE PISTOL ONTO CAMPUS. THANKFULLY NO ONE WAS HURT. TURNS OUT, ACCORDING TO RECORDS, THIS ELSIK STUDENT HAD JUST GOTTEN OUT OF JAIL FOR ANOTHER GUN CRIME. 17-YEAR-OLD CAPONE APPEARED BEFORE A JUDGE. THE ELSIK STUDENT IS ACCUSED OF BRINGING A LOADED GUN TO SCHOOL. POLICE OFFICERS TRACKED HIM DOWN AFTER GETTING A TIP. THEY GOT WORD A BLACK MALE WEARING A BLACK AND RED JACKET HAD A GUN CLIP AND WAS SHOWING IT TO OTHER STUDENTS. Reporter: ALIEF OFFICERS SAY IT WAS AFTER SCHOOL WHEN AN OFFICER SPOTTED HIM OUTSIDE THE GYM. THE SUSPECT HAD A LOADED 40 CALIBER PISTOL IN HIS LEFT JACKET POCKET. Reporter: POLICE SAY HE WENT HOME AFTER SCHOOL, GOT THE PISTOL AND RETURNED TO THE SCHOOL. COULD HAVE BEEN SOMEBODY SHOT THAT SAME DAY, YOU KNOW. AND WE WERE HERE AT SCHOOL. YOU NEVER KNOW IF ONE COULD GET INJURED. THERE COULD BE LIKE A TRAGEDY OR SOMETHING. Reporter: KAPONI HAS BEEN IN TROUBLE WITH THE LAW BEFORE, RECENTLY. ACCORDING TO COURT RECORDS HE PLEADED GUILTY IN JANUARY TO DISCHARGING A WEAPON IN THE BACKYARD OF HIS SOUTHWEST HOUSTON HOME. FOR THAT OFFENSE KAPONI SERVED 15 DAYS IN JAIL BEFORE RELEASED. Reporter: WE ASKED THE DISTRICT WHY THEY DIDN'T INFORM PARENTS OR STUDENTS ABOUT FRIDAY'S INCIDENT. THEY TELL US THEY DIDN'T BECAUSE IT WAS ISOLATED INCIDENT THAT HAPPENED AFTER SCHOOL. LIVE TONIGHT IN SOUTHWEST HOUSTON, PHILLIP MENA, KPRC "LOCAL 2". Reporter: PHILLIP, THANK YOU.

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